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Iconic Cannabis Prisoner of War Eddy Lepp has died. After a long and legendary life straight out of the movies, the renegade Cannabis grower, activist and writer Lepp is remembered by Leaf Nation Historian Bobby Black in a moving tribute this month.

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EDITOR’S NOTE IN MEMORIAM N AT I O N A L N E W S LOCAL NEWS BUDTENDER Q&A KEN WOLSKI PROFILE TA K E A C A N N A C AT I O N STRAIN OF THE MONTH TERPENES 101 VODKA X LIVE RESIN WINE X FLOWER MEAD X CAKE BADDER I PA X F L O W E R ALCOHOL-FREE THE HERB SOMM T H E P E R F E C T PA I R I N G C O N C E N T R AT E O F T H E M O N T H TOPICAL OF THE MONTH CANNTHROPOLOGY STONEY BALONEY

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Editor’s Note Thanks for picking up this bubbly new issue of the Leaf!

WHEN WE FIRST began pairing Cannabis with wine in 2012, our goal was to enlighten the growing MMJ movement to the idea that there are as many unique and beautiful strains as there are varieties and styles of wine. This pairing concept has proven wildly popular and led to our Tannins & Terpenes events, as well as this annual issue of the magazine where we pair delicious beverages with tasty Cannabis offerings for the ultimate adult tasting experience.

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As we’ve grown used to Cannabis as a normal part of life, I find that people love to pair Cannabis with food, wine and their favorite activities.

Cannabis adds to experiences, and with legalization comes normalization – allowing us to celebrate our freedom and share our tasting styles with our community and on social media. The result THERE’S NOTHING has been an explosion in how people are consuming Cannabis, and WRONG WITH being open about how the plant fits into their lives and lifestyles.

RESPONSIBLY It’s even leading some to drink less, as after work wine time ENJOYING A becomes a date with the bong.

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PAIRING IT WITH Here at the Leaf we are firm believers that Cannabis is safer SOME FORM OF than alcohol. We feel strongly that when a substance that harms CANNABIS. people is sold, one should also have access to a plant that does the opposite. America has an alcohol problem, built on a consumption culture that gives reason to celebrate any success or failure with a drink. I’ve had to shake out of that mindset myself, and found freedom in choosing Cannabis in times of need and joy. It’s a lot more fun to get baked, and there’s no hangover!

All that said, there’s nothing wrong with responsibly enjoying a drink and pairing it with some form of Cannabis – and the neuroprotectant benefits, along with other healthful properties, can mean that the THC, CBD and other cannabinoids are actually beneficial for your body when drinking.

And if you don’t like alcohol, no worries! Check out our booze-free pairings to see what tasty strains our team paired with kombucha and tea, and try exploring on your own! I’ve been enjoying the limoncello La Croix sparkling water with a citrusy dab of Breathwork that gets me going, and keeps me highdrated for whatever adventure comes next.

Happy pairings, and thanks for reading and sharing the Leaf!

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For more on Eddy Lepp’s life, read our February 2021 installment of Cannthropology.

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ON AUG UST 7, the Colorado Cannabis community lost one of its favorite sons when activist William Alvin Chengelis—better known as “Wayward Bill”—died of cancer at the age of 70.

Wayward Bill was a Cannabis crusader his entire adult life. In 1969, at the age of 18, he joined the White Panther Party in support of the campaign to “Free John Sinclair.” He was studying constitutional law and journalism at Youngstown State University before being drafted into the Vietnam War. After being honorably discharged in 1974, Chengelis joined the Youth International Party (Yippies) and began attending their annual July 4th Smoke-In protests at the White House almost religiously. He also became a devoted Deadhead and moved to Hayward, California, where he gained the nickname “Hayward Bill” (he changed it to “Wayward” Bill after Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995).

Bill was also a member of many other activist groups, including the ACLU, S.A.F.E.R., Sensible Colorado, NORML, and the U.S. Marijuana Party, which he was elected chairman of in 2011—a title which he held proudly until he was forced to retire from the position in May of this year due to illness. Bill was on a bus en route to the 51st annual Yippie Smoke-In in D.C. this past July when that illness finally caught up with him and he was forced to turn back. Sadly, in the weeks that followed, his health declined rapidly.

Upon his passing, the VA hospital honored Bill with a full military sendoff. He’s also been honored by the Cannabis Business Awards: first in 2016 with a Lifetime Achievement Award, then again last April when he was named one of their esteemed “420 Icons.”

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WO WEEKS AGO, we learned of the passing of yet another legend in the Cannabis community—outlaw medical marijuana grower/activist Eddy Lepp. Lepp passed away peacefully in his sleep around 2:00 a.m. on the morning of August 16 after a difficult battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.

Charles “Eddy” Lepp was one of the most famous and revered pot POWs in America. As an activist, Lepp traveled the world with his best friend Jack Herer and worked closely with Dennis Peron to help get Proposition 215 passed in 1996, and was then the first person to be acquitted under that law in 1998 after being charged for operating a medical Cannabis collective. In the early 2000s, he established Eddy’s Medicinal Garden—the largest medical Cannabis grow in history, containing over 30,000 plants servicing around 4,500 patients. The farm also doubled as the site of the Rastafarian ministry he founded, earning him the honorific of Reverend. Though the farm was protected under California law, it was still federally illegal, and was raided by the DEA in 2004 (the largest individual medical marijuana crop seizure in U.S. history), then again six months later. Lepp was convicted in 2007 and served over eight years in prison before being released in December 2016.

Lepp has received several honors over the years, including having a song and a Cannabis strain named after him. High Times named him Freedom Fighter of the Year in 2004 and awarded him their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. And at their 420 Icons event on April 20 of last year, the Cannabis Business Awards (in conjunction with the World of Cannabis Museum) named him one of the top 100 Cannabis advocates of all time.

OG Eddy Lepp, as he was known, was one of our nation’s most beloved and beleaguered medical marijuana growers and activists—a modern-day marijuana martyr whose bravery, conviction and sacrifices helped pave the way for the freedoms we enjoy today.

He will be missed and never forgotten.

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ALMOST HALF OF AMERICANS ADMIT TO TRYING CANNABIS

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ew Orleans is ending penalties for people found with small amounts of Cannabis. The law takes effect September 15, reports The Lens.

The City Council passed several agenda items to end marijuana penalties, reports the Associated Press. City officials said their goal is to increase community trust of police. Another aim is to allow New Orleans police to focus on reducing violent crime in the city.

Those who get a summons pertaining to simple possession are immediately forgiven with no additional action necessary by the accused, the officer, or the court.

No court appearance and no police report are needed.

Smoking weed in public will remain prohibited. But instead of the cops issuing a drug summons, it will be a ticket in violation of the Smoke-Free Air Act – which is not a drug charge.

CA SUPREME COURT: INMATES CAN’T POSSESS WEED

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nmates in California prisons can’t legally possess Cannabis under legalization, the State Supreme Court ruled August 12. The ruling overturns a lower court finding that prisoners could have weed as long as they didn’t consume it, reports The Associated Press.

The justices said the 2019 appeals court ruling allowing prisoners to have an ounce of weed went against common sense. The high court sided with the California attorney general – finding legalization, approved by voters, did not apply to prisoners.

“It seems implausible” that the voters intended to allow marijuana in prisons, Associate Justice Joshua Groban wrote for the majority. If voters had so intended, “we would expect them to have been more explicit,” Groban wrote.

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additional qualifying conditions – cancer and PTSD – were added in August to Texas’ limited medical marijuana program.

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he percentage of U.S. adults who admit they have tried marijuana has gone up to 49%, according to the latest numbers from Gallup’s most recent Consumption Habits Poll. That’s the, well, highest number Gallup has measured to date. Just over 50 years ago, only 4% said they had tried the herb. But that percentage surpassed 20% in 1977, 30% in 1985, and 40% in 2015. The sharpest rise in reported usage occurred during the 1970s, when the percentage increased from 4% to 22%. A much smaller proportion of U.S. adults, 12%, say they “currently smoke marijuana.” The percentage of current Cannabis smokers has been steady in recent years. It varies between 11% and 13% after increasing from the 7% Gallup initially measured in 2013.

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MISSISSIPPI LAWMAKERS ‘VERY, VERY CLOSE’ TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEAL

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ississippi legislative negotiators are working on a medical marijuana program to replace the one canceled by the State Supreme Court. And they now say they’re close to a deal.

According to the lawmakers, that could prompt a special legislative session as early as this month, reports Mississippi Today.

“I believe we have basically most of the major issues resolved,” said GOP Sen. Kevin Blackwell, the Southaven Republican who’s leading the Senate’s medical marijuana work. “We’re very, very close.” Blackwell said.

“I would be surprised if there were not a special session soon, but that’s not my call,” said Brandon Rep. Lee Yancey. “I think at some point soon we will be ready to say to the governor that we have something we can work with.”

Mississippi lawmakers, by popular demand, are trying to reach a deal on a medical marijuana program because the State Supreme Court shot down the one overwhelmingly passed by voters last year.

The State Supreme Court ruled in May that the medical marijuana initiative and the entire ballot initiative process was invalid. Interestingly, the Court left previous ballot initiatives intact – even those passed under the same process.

Gov. Tate Reeves has sole authority to call lawmakers into a special session.

He has said he would do so for a medical marijuana bill – but he refuses to do so before the House and Senate have general agreement, to avoid a long, drawn out session.

qualifying conditions were rejected in August by the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board.

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percent of adult Oklahomans – about 376,000 people – have medical marijuana cards.

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diversions of city water to unlicensed grows were discovered by Humboldt County CA Sheriffs.

Harold Long, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, and Nancy Long, plant hemp at their farm in Murphy, N.C. (Photo courtesy Long Family Farms and Gallery)

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edical marijuana was legalized on Cherokee land in Western North Carolina back in May. And now the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has announced it will actually sell the herb to non-tribe members.

The move comes after six years of debate among the tribe, reports The One Feather.

The Cherokee maintain a sovereign nation in Western North Carolina known as the Qualla Boundary, reports the Winston-Salem Journal. The move establishes the first location in North Carolina where medical marijuana is both legal and for sale, reports WFMY News 2.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council approved an ordinance on August 5 to legalize the cultivation, sale and usage of medical marijuana on the Qualla Boundary. The boundary is about 45 miles west of Asheville.

The Cherokee haven’t announced a timeline for their medical Cannabis program – when cultivation will begin or when marijuana will become available for purchase, reports The Charlotte Observer.

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dollars per year are spent arresting Wyoming residents for marijuana, according to Wyoming NORML.

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dollars in Cannabis transactions were recorded in Michigan, a new record amount for the state’s adult-use and medical marijuana shops in July.

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state law that prevented nonresidents from operating medical Cannabis dispensaries in Maine has been overturned. A federal judge ruled that the state’s residency requirement is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit, which was brought by Wellness Connection, will open medical marijuana businesses to out-of-state companies and investors. The Wellness Connection is Maine’s largest dispensary chain but its parent company, High Street Capital Partners, is headquartered in Delaware.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the third time Wellness Connection has successfully defeated Maine’s residency requirement in court. The company previously challenged the constitutionality of the requirement for the state’s adult-use market in March 2020. Later that year, Wellness Connection sued the city of Portland for giving retail-licensing preference to state residents.

In each case, the same legal argument was used. And in each case, a judge ruled that Maine’s residency requirement was unconstitutional.

The requirement was included in the state’s marijuana law when medical dispensaries launched in 2011. It called for applicants to live in Maine and have filed income taxes there for four years. The in-state preference was intended to garner support for legalization by creating jobs and entry to the industry for residents.

However, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen found that the requirement for medical Cannabis dispensary operators discriminates against interstate commerce, a violation of the “Dormant Commerce Clause” in the Constitution.

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There’s big money at stake for investors as marijuana is Maine’s biggest cash crop. The state has set records for recreational Cannabis sales in four consecutive months. Retail sales reached $9.4 million in July, as Maine approaches $40 million in adult-use sales since the program began in October 2020.

However, medical marijuana is still king in Maine, as sales to qualified patients topped $22 million in October 2020 alone. From January through October 2020, the state’s medical Cannabis sales brought in over $221 million.

Now, thanks to a string of successful lawsuits filed by Wellness Connection, investors from any state can take advantage of Maine’s booming marijuana business.

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ndrew Cuomo announced in August that he would resign as governor of New York amid mounting pressure for him to step down after state Attorney General Letitia James issued a report that found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women.

Cuomo will leave office without having done much to establish the state’s legal Cannabis industry, beyond signing the adult-use legislation into law in March 2021.

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failed to make essential regulatory appointments, which caused the legal pot market to stall.

The state’s marijuana law calls for the creation of an Office of Cannabis Management, as well as a Cannabis Control Board. These regulatory bodies are responsible for creating rules for the adult-use industry, including licensing for cultivators and retailers.

As the boards remain unfilled, the state is wasting precious time while other programs in the region get up to speed.

Now that Cuomo has resigned, retail sales in New York could be further delayed. The state was already looking at a start date in 2022. It is possible that the turmoil surrounding the governor’s office could cause adult-use sales to be delayed until 2023.

Legislators worked hard to pass a timely recreational Cannabis law that would make New York competitive with neighboring New Jersey. However, a retail start date in 2023 could put the state a year behind New Jersey, which anticipates launching sales in early 2022.

However, some industry experts see Cuomo’s departure as a positive for pot.

Cuomo was seen by most Cannabis advocates as “reluctantly supporting” legal weed. While he ultimately worked with lawmakers to pass an adult-use bill, some viewed his support as opportunistic. Legalization did replace his scandals in the headlines – but only briefly.

Cuomo will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. Time will tell whether she makes legal pot a priority – or pushes it to the backburner while dealing with the mess left by her predecessor.

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s the deadline to opt out of the legal Cannabis industry in New Jersey approaches, nearly half of all towns in the state are planning to ban pot.

New Jersey’s adult-use law set the deadline to opt out at 180 days from the date the bill was signed into law. If a jurisdiction doesn’t have a ban in place

by August 21, 2021, it will be governed by state law for a period of five years.

Unfortunately, opt outs are becoming increasingly common in the Garden State, as jurisdictions don’t need voter approval to ban marijuana businesses.

City councils and committees are ignoring the will of the voters and making the decision to ban the Cannabis industry despite the widespread support for pot seen on Election Day 2020, and in numerous polls before and after.

Many officials in towns that have opted out say they are choosing to ban marijuana to keep the children safe. An old saw that always plays well with voters – somehow even voters who chose to legalize marijuana.

Almost nothing about what is happening in New Jersey makes any sense.

Union City Mayor Brian Stack is banning the pot industry from his town, despite voting in favor of legalization as a state senator (yes, he’s somehow a mayor and a state senator – neither was challenging enough on its own).

Peter Curatolo, the mayor of Lacey (he’s just a mayor), is supporting a pot ban despite 64 percent of voters in his town approving legalization. “They didn’t vote for 17-year-olds to become drug users … They didn’t vote for some overtaxed product so some MS-13 gang banger can come in here and undercut [legal sales],” Curatolo explained in a totally rational and grounded manner.

Aside from overblown concerns about “the children” and outright reefer madness-style panicking, the most common explanation for a town’s opt

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out is that the state has yet to actually approve regulations for the industry.

Many local officials are unwilling to embrace legal pot until they know how it will operate.

In all, the New Jersey League of Municipalities estimates 240 towns across the state have opted out of legal Cannabis. Regulations governing the industry are scheduled for release on August 21 – the same date as the deadline for opting out of the industry. Because nothing makes sense in New Jersey.

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apper, actor and Cannabis activist Method Man has announced that he will bring his marijuana brand to New York for the start of legal adult-use sales. While a retail start date is still up in the air for the Empire State, Method Man, who hails from Staten Island, is ready to hit the ground running.

His pot brand TICAL will tackle issues of racial injustice in New York, in part by providing jobs for people in communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of prohibition.

“I’m particularly excited about TICAL’s focus and leadership in the Cannabis space in working with Black, women and minority-owned partners from cultivation to dispensaries,” Method Man told the New York Post. “We are going to lead by example and ensure that this newly created market is as inclusive as possible. We can’t right all the wrongs that disparate criminalization of Cannabis has done to our communities, but we most certainly can make a down payment on the way forward with social equity, inclusion and full economic participation.”

TICAL debuted in Colorado, which implemented retail sales in 2014.

When adult-use sales launch in New York, the brand will offer a number of Cannabis strains, including Orange Cookie Kush, Sweet Grease, Spazzola, C.R.E.A.M., Gold Tang and Crowd Walker.

The TICAL website states, “We will continue the TICAL legacy by offering premium flower and spreading love throughout the community … We believe it’s important to provide our customers with essential products that offer healing, serenity and peace.”

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s legalization at the state level continues to gain momentum, states across the country – from Virginia to New Mexico – are approving adult-use Cannabis programs. The Northeast in particular is embracing recreational pot. With legalization legislation passing in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in 2021, the region is down to just two holdouts – Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

Legislators in Rhode Island are currently mulling several marijuana measures that would bring retail sales to the state, but they haven’t been able to reach a consensus on Cannabis to date. Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, legal marijuana remains elusive as lawmakers there appear uninterested in ending pot prohibition.

While these two states have yet to legalize marijuana for adult use, both offer medical Cannabis programs for qualified patients. Rhode Island legalized medical marijuana in 2006 (although it required the legislature to override a veto by then-Gov. Don Carcieri) and established a dispensary system in 2009. New Hampshire approved a medical Cannabis program in 2013 and decriminalized pot possession in 2017.

Despite these medical programs being the only means for residents to legally obtain marijuana, patient enrollment growth is down in both states.

In Rhode Island, total enrollment in the medical pot program dropped for three straight years, from 2017 to 2019. After renewed interest in 2020 – likely related to the coronavirus pandemic – patient numbers have been stagnant through March of 2021.

And while New Hampshire’s enrollment numbers have increased annually, the program’s growth rate stalled in 2019 and 2020. Through May of 2021, the growth rate dropped to just 11 percent.

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The residents of Rhode Island and New Hampshire undeniably appear less interested in legally obtaining Cannabis than national trends indicate they should be. The most likely reason for this anomaly is that they’re legally obtaining Cannabis from other states (and then illegally crossing state lines to bring it home).

New Hampshire borders Maine to the east and Massachusetts to the south.

Both neighboring states have implemented retail marijuana programs, with Maine closing in on $40 million in sales and Massachusetts surpassing $1 billion in less than two years of their adult-use program.

Massachusetts is a short drive from Rhode Island, which also borders Connecticut, where adult-use sales will begin some time in 2022.

MASSACHUSETTS Marijuana Industry Soars

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he Massachusetts marijuana market is strong. This year, from January through August 12, the state had taken in $755 million in adult-use sales.

By the end of 2021, Mjbizdaily projects Massachusetts to clear more than $1.2 billion in recreational Cannabis – that’s in a single year. In 2025, the state is projected to reach up to $2.6 billion in annual sales.

Compare those numbers to the relatively light yearly retail sales figures of $445 million in 2019 and $696 million in 2020.

Photo by Crystal Weed Cannabis According to the Cannabis Control Commission, the state has issued 168 adult-use retail licenses – a massive increase in marijuana storefronts compared to early 2020, when 39 Cannabis retailers were operational.

Massachusetts has faced challenges in creating its marijuana market – most notably, the insidious host community agreements (HCAs) that adult-use businesses must sign.

Under Massachusetts law, a Cannabis business must sign an HCA with the local government of the city in which it hopes to operate. These agreements must be completed before the business can apply for a license from the

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state. Unfortunately, this pay for play model of business has led to charges of corruption – with former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia being found guilty of extorting would-be pot businesses through host community agreements and other payouts.

Beyond that, most jurisdictions require marijuana companies to pay three percent of their gross sales – the maximum allowed by law – as a community impact fee. An investigation into this practice, sponsored by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association, found that local governments have collected nearly $2.5 million more than allowed by law through community impact fees.

Massachusetts marijuana business owners must also contend with expensive real estate, as the choice retail locations can cost $5-$10 million.

The astronomical costs associated with starting a legal pot business led the Cannabis Control Commission to develop two delivery business license types, which are available exclusively to social equity applicants for the first three years. A delivery business offers fewer startup costs, making it a more realistic entry point to the legal Photo by Pixabay Cannabis industry.

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NORTHEAST LEAF BUDTENDER OF THE MONTH HOW DID YOU START CONSUMING CANNABIS? DO YOU USE IT MEDICINALLY? The very first time I smoked I was a sophomore in high school. My best friend made a makeshift water bottle bong, and we smoked behind the train tracks. Then we hopped onto the commuter rail and went to our very first “Silent Rave” in Copley Square.

I remember the train ride feeling like a rollercoaster. We danced with headphones on to our favorite music with a huge group of people – it was a blast. As for treating medical concerns, nothing severe. Cannabis definitely helps me with nights I can’t seem to turn off my brain – whether it’s to simply relax or fall asleep, it gets the job done.

Otherwise, I like to enjoy Cannabis to enhance experiences, whether it’s a concert, a night out with friends or an art project – there’s a place and time for all of it.

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JULIALILLIS AS WE APPROACH a new chapter in the world of Cannabis, people from all walks of life are finding that they can do something they love by working in this industry.

Budtender Julia Lillis from Caroline’s Cannabis is the perfect example of what it takes to become successful while getting your feet wet in the bud business.

Previously a bartender, she describes the respect, safety and love of the patrons she serves nowadays as such a better feeling. In this Budtender of the Month feature, we talk terps with Julia as we try to get to the core of her story and how she ended up here.

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WHAT’S IT LIKE GETTING TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND WORK AT ONE OF THE LEADING DISPENSARIES IN MASSACHUSETTS? Having the opportunity to wake up and go to a job I enjoy everyday is a blessing all on its own. Working for one of the leading dispensaries in Massachusetts is the kief on top. It gives me confidence that I am doing my job well and that I make a difference. It feels like at Caroline’s we’re doing something right. There is a reason people keep coming back. We are personable, kind and patient, and we make sure that everyone that comes in feels confident with what they are leaving with. They don’t just feel like a number. Caroline’s is also a small, women-owned business, not a corporation. I also think that resonates with the people that choose us over so many other dispensaries in the state.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE STRAINS ON THE MENU? I definitely have a top three, and the list of favorites grows as I get to try more. Early Lemon Berry – fruity and smooth – it leaves you with the perfect balance of chill and social. It’s good for being creative, hanging out with friends, or a great night with your partner. Motorbreath is so relaxing you could just sit and watch TV. Or it might leave you laughing your ass off with friends over your favorite snacks. And then Jillybean – this is ME if I were a strain – it leaves you feeling giggly and energized.

Sweet and full bodied, good for singing your favorite songs a little too loud or a day at the beach with your toes in the sand.

“If you’d asked me 10 years ago if I would be where I am today, I’d have told you that you were dreaming.”

IT MUST BE A TRIP TO HAVE BEEN A BARTENDER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER AND NOW YOU’RE A BUDTENDER. DID YOU EVER THINK THIS TRANSITION WOULD HAPPEN? If you’d asked me 10 years ago if I would be where I am today, I’d have told you that you were dreaming. I’ve always been a hard worker in whatever job I’ve had, and always knew I was meant to help people in some way. Before I even started bartending, I was slinging coffees and living in my mom’s basement. One of my regulars, who is now a very close friend of mine, saw my potential and knew I was meant for better things. I had always thought that bartending was a ‘cool’ profession – thanks Coyote Ugly. I worked in the restaurant industry for just over seven years, got my license, my own car, and was able to afford my own apartment. Bartending was fulfilling in the way that I love making people happy, and I am truly a social being. I love networking and talking to people, getting to know them and listening to their stories. I got to be creative and create fun drinks, competed in contests, and met some really amazing people. It wasn’t always the most ‘fun’ place to be. … Once COVID hit, a lot changed for me. I was feeling overworked and burnt out. I wasn’t allowed to socialize, which is half of the fun of being a bartender. … My friend that helped me into the industry, was also the friend that helped me out of it. He told me I would be an incredible fit as a budtender, and I deserved more than what I was settling for now. … Selling Cannabis legally, who would have thought it could be so much fun?

NOW THAT YOU GET THE CHANCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OTHERS’ LIVES WITH THIS PLANT, HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT FINDING WHAT PRODUCTS WORK BEST FOR EACH CUSTOMER? Each person that I take care of, I try to ask simple but informative questions to get to the root of what they are looking for. I ask them how they want to consume their Cannabis, and what they are looking for it to help with. Getting the answers to those two questions definitely helps narrow down our large menu for them. Coming in and not really knowing what you are looking for can be incredibly overwhelming. I know what that is like. If I notice someone is anxious and feels like they need to rush in and out, I assure them that I am not worried about getting to the people behind them in a rush. It is my job to make them feel comfortable and confident in their choices and what they leave the store with.

OTHER THAN VISITING YOU DURING STORE HOURS, WHERE CAN READERS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW YOUR PASSIONS AND LOVE FOR CANNABIS? I am a social being – I love talking to people about Cannabis and how it has helped them or what is new in the industry, or about how we can change the industry with just one idea. On my days off you can either find me home with a good show, my latest doodles, or watching some funny TikToks. I do occasionally get out of the house and go to my regular bar and visit my friends, where they also like to ask me about the newest and best things Caroline’s has to offer. I WILL host an infused dinner party some day, and I won’t stop coming up with recipes until it happens! Come visit me and tell me your favorite thing to do after you smoke. Maybe I’ll give you an idea on something new to try that will blow your mind. Follow Julia on Instagram @theplussideoflife.

INTERVIEW by BOBBY NUGGZ @BOBBYNUGGZ_OFFICIAL for NORTHEAST LEAF | PHOTO by BAILEY JONSON @BAILEYANDTHEWORLD

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CANNABIS ACTIVIST KEN WOLSKI Inside the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey

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On a muggy July day, six months into legalization, Northeast Leaf sat down with CMMNJ’s Ken Wolski. In a baby blue house on a shady side street, tucked at the end of an avenue like an afterthought, we discussed his decades of activism, legal Cannabis and the battles to come.

“One person really makes a difference in the health of 9 million people,” according to Ken Wolski. The Cannabis crusader wasn’t talking about himself, but a different man who controls plenty.

“New Jersey has one of the most powerful governors in the country,” asserts Ken. For nearly a decade, the previous governor delayed and obstructed medical Cannabis – however, consumers and patients were optimistic when Phil Murphy took office in 2018.

“One of the things that Gov. Murphy did in his first week,” said Ken, “is sign executive order #6 to expand and ease access to medical Cannabis.”

While Cannabis is legal for adult use as of this year, the fight isn’t over.

The Fight for New Jersey Cannabis Reform As a nurse and administrator for New Jersey’s Department of Corrections, Ken worked under both major political parties. He doesn’t think Cannabis is a partisan issue, though.

“I was in government for 25 years.” Ken said. “I actually made out better under Republicans than Democrats.”

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on’t let the formalities fool you, though. His fight to fix New Jersey’s Cannabis laws outlasted half a dozen administrations, even before a governor named Christie began his own war.

Voters elected Chris Christie in 2009.

The outgoing governor had signed a bill that made New Jersey the fourteenth state to allow medical Cannabis on his last day, but as the state’s new chief executive, Christie fought the law’s execution.

“The regulations that Christie proposed were so bad,” said Ken. “The entire legislature passed a resolution.”

The state senate voted 22-16 to reject Christie’s initial rules. That forced him to re-write, but he used his powerful office to cripple medical Cannabis.

Eight years later, Christie left NJ medical Cannabis little better than when he found it, failing many patients. Half a dozen dispensaries served the entire state. Poor quality products and inflated prices were the norm.

In 2017, voters chose Phil Murphy to govern New Jersey. Murphy campaigned on legal Cannabis and supports the program, but for advocates like Ken, the fight is far from over. He shows no signs of slowing down.

“We had a model bill in 2005,” said Ken, referring to medical Cannabis. “It allowed for home cultivation, it allowed for recognition of out of state ID cards, it allowed for chronic pain. All of that was taken out before the bill passed.”

Regardless of the incessant hurdles, CMMNJ won’t rest until affordable and equitable Cannabis is a reality.

When he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012, it was with Filtering a Crowded Highlight Reel Green Party backing.

Discussing Ken’s decades of work, a Much like his black bowtie – littered with bright green single page seemed too small to cover Cannabis print – Ken is serious without being stuffy. He’ll it. Luckily, awards from organizations like happily tell you about his favorite strains, but he’ll also NORML do a better job. The lobbying share that he often can’t find them. group honored Ken in 2016 with the “Is there enough marijuana? Well, no.” said Ken. Peter McWilliams Memorial Award, “There are still shortages.” While he’s trying to change recognizing “outstanding achievement things, thankfully he’s not fighting alone. in advancing the cause of Ken co-founded the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey Ken and CMMNJ will medical marijuana.”

“Ken has inspired and (CMMNJ) in 2003, where he works continue the fight, guided many others to take alongside other dedicated advocates. along with their action, including myself,” Jo This includes Jo Anne Zito, a fellow allies, no matter Anne told us.

Cannabis crusader and CMMNJ board “I’m thankful for his work, member, who is pushing lawmakers who’s in power. inspiration and friendship.” to pass “Jeff’s Law” (S3582/A5552).

For them, it’s all Ken and CMMNJ will The bill adds home growing as an about achieving continue the fight, along with affordable alternative to NJ’s “Alternareal change for their allies, no matter who’s in tive Treatment Centers,” the medical power. For them, it’s all about Cannabis retailers.

New Jersey. achieving real change for “There are still too few dispensaries, New Jersey. there’s no home delivery, and Canna“There are a number of bis is still unaffordable for many.” Jo post-legalization goals that we have,” Anne told us. CMMNJ believes home growing will make said Ken. “Legalization is only one step Cannabis more affordable and ensure the strains patients in marijuana and drug policy reform.” need.

Leading a Coalition for Change With his glasses, button-down shirt, and black bowtie, you might mistake Ken for a professor.

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cannacation EXPLORING THE TAYLOR EDES INN B&B

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We arrived excitedly for our weekend adventure on a Friday, checking in around 3:00 p.m. at the Taylor Edes Inn, a historic Victorian-style bed and breakfast, circa 1915. Impeccably decorated and expertly cleaned, we were welcomed into the estate by the owners and operators, husband and wife team Dave and Tammy.

Complete with a beautiful crystal chandelier, two terry-cloth robes, a 50” TV with cable, and a giant king-size bed with remote control features, the accommodations of the “Grey Room” were stacked. We were delighted to also find a gift box waiting on the bed with tons of THC edibles and accessories.

After unpacking and getting settled, we made our way down to the front porch where we found an impressive spread of complimentary snacks and Cannabis. There’s a Cannabis bar which offers two different flowers and three different concentrates to try, and an assortment of locally-made cheeses and crackers. We dug into tasting strains, which included the notable sativa, Super Silver Haze, and the calming hybrid GMO. And for the dabbers, there was a lovely Gelati concentrate with limonene and citrus terpenes. Smoking is allowed outside only

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and in the “man-cave” in the basement of the house.

Next, we met the other guests that would be vibing with us for the weekend.

Outside, there’s a gorgeous covered front porch veranda with plenty of comfortable patio seating. In the backyard there’s a jacuzzi, fireplace, barbecue grill and volleyball net. Inside, there is an eightperson dining table setting the tone of sophistication and class. There are also other common areas including a lounge and a buffet area with snacks and beverages available at any time.

We were ravenously hungry from traveling and excited to hear that Cannacation would be serving a three-course infused meal at 6:00 p.m. sharp. Our dietary restrictions and food preferences were taken by the hosts upon planning the trip, and the course offerings included a cucumber soup or arugula salad for the first course.

Second course was a white fish or chicken with fettuccine and fresh vegetables. And for dessert, there was strawberry shortcake with white chocolate cream and fresh mint sprigs.

A charming, weed-friendly, 5-star experience, in Central Maine.

The Cannabis infusions are offered separately as oils and sauces to be applied by each individual guest at their own discretion. There is also a terpene-infused white wine, which pairs perfectly with the light summertime menu. We sat with other amazing people involved in various facets of the Cannabis industry, and got to learn about their lives and businesses. This is a great opportunity for those who want to make more connections with like-minded individuals on the East Coast. Talking and laughing, the dinner flew by and we went to the porch for a nightcap smoke sesh. Our night concluded in the hot tub and then by the fire – an amazing way to end any summer’s night!

The four opulent guest rooms sleep two people each and are located on the second floor of the manor, one on each corner conjoined by a large square entryway. There’s one bathroom on this floor that’s stocked with tons of towels, shampoos, soaps, q-tips, flossers and everything that one could ever need.

A gorgeous claw-foot tub with a high-quality shower nozzle is reminiscent of a day spa.

11:00 a.m. the next day we were treated to another sit-down Cannacation dining experience. Complete with a fruit and yogurt parfait, French toast with locally fresh-made brioche, and a three-tier pastry assortment by the inn’s own baker – Christy. Again, there were infusions offered in the form of jams and a wildflower honey.

Full of options for exploration, this area of Maine is centrally located near many attractions such as Greenbear 420 Shop, Dragonfly Vineyard, Hippy Chick Pineapple Boutique, and many trails, lakes and ponds for nature lovers. It is also 20 minutes from Old Orchard Beach if you’re looking for sunshine, sand and beach shops. We had a great time exploring the area and went to Hannaford’s Market for some provisions, and a Chinese restaurant for dinner. Arriving back at the B&B felt like we were in the comfort of our own home.

Our last day arrived and the check-out time was 10:00 a.m.

Everyone seemed to have synergistic energy, as we all Taylor Edes Inn B&B met in the backyard for a 20 High St. Dexter, Maine morning hot tub session.

(207) 951-5673 Our Cannacation hosts tayloredesinn.com gave us ideas for the rest of palmerenterprises@live.com our day and even provided Contact Janet McAllister or visit kayaks and pre-rolls for an Cannacation on Facebook to book your exciting Sunday adventure.

Cannacation weekend.

Leaving the property was Rates: $710 – 2 people, 2 nights, bittersweet, and no one includes Friday night dinner, Saturday wanted the party to end. brunch, Cannabis bar, and giftbox.

But as we waved goodbye Taylor Edes Inn can be booked directly to our new friends, we on Tripadvisor.com without Cannabis knew we’d be back to accommodations.

Cannacation again.

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CULTIVATE DISPENSARY has received mixed reviews, so I wanted to travel to their Framingham location incognito to see how they’re leveling up against their competition in Massachusetts. Upon arrival, I noticed the shop’s very clean and minimalist style compared to others. It reminded me more of an office than a dispensary, but in a good way.

Cultivate has a very broad menu available for perusing online. I found myself exploring the flower section and scrolled down until I hit on an eighth of Chocolate OG – the staff pick and the highest THC content compared to other offerings.

Chocolate OG is a decadent cross made by THClones of True OG and Candy Rain, which are two strains I’m quite fond of.

Cultivate’s packaging is standard, with the childproof container in a white zip-lock bag that is both smell-proof and again, childproof. While branded with their logo on the front, as they outsource their flower production, this package reads that it’s provided by the cultivator Slumber, powered by Cultivate.

Tested by MCR Labs, Chocolate OG comes in at a whopping 28% THCa! However, as I spun the cap off of the bottle, I was surprised with the large assortment of tiny little nugs that comprised my eighth. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing and many people enjoy the ease of busting down little buds, I prefer more bag appeal from my flower.

On the nose, Slumber’s Chocolate OG smells sweet and dessert like, with subtle hints of gas. A closer look reveals dark green buds coated with light orange hairs, but they also have an off-green and brown hue to them that may have emerged during the drying stage. At the aforementioned 28% THC, this Chocolate OG definitely got me ripped – but didn’t hit the mark flavor-wise when it came to the chocolatey goodness this cultivar sometimes expresses.

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Mild, but earthy and sweet, this terpene is found in hops, thyme, and mango.

Myrcene is the most abundant terpene found in Cannabis. As a monoterpene, its simplistic molecular structure is a precursor to an array of more complex aromatic compounds.

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GERANIOL

Gentle, woody and floral, Linalool is found in lavender, birch and chamomile. Linalool has been studied many times in the medical community, producing a wide array of promising results (particularly when it comes to neurological health).

LINALOOL

Signature strain: Amnesia Haze

EUCALYPTOL

Signature strain: Super Silver Haze

LIMONENE

Signature strain: Durban Poison

PINENE

T E R P E N E S are a class of hydrocarbons that occur naturally in plants and animals. They are produced in nature for a range of reasons, from attracting pollinators to deterring danger. Terpenoids are the oxygenated derivatives of terpenes – although the terms often get used interchangeably.

Together these compounds provide a vast range of smells, flavors and effects. Their history with humanity dates back to our very beginnings, from fragrances to flavoring. But to the modern-day consumer, terpenes represent the very variety that we crave from Cannabis.

Signature strain: Romulan

Vegetal and woody with a subtle spice, Humulene can be found in hops, ginseng, and balsam fir.

Humulene is largely responsible for the “hoppy” aroma of beer, and is known for its anti-inflammatory and antifungal properties.

HUMULENE

Signature strain: Stardawg

Woody and sweet with floral notes, Ocimene is found in basil, bergamot, and orchids. This elusive terpene often constitutes only a small portion of a cultivar’s profile, and is often used in the perfume industry for its herbaceous aromatic profile.

Spicy and peppery, Caryophyllene is found in pepper, cloves, and oregano. β-Caryophyllene was one of the first Cannabis-based compounds outside of THC, CBN, and CBG shown to interact directly with our endocannabinoid system.

Signature strain: Girl Scout Cookies

Signature strain: Sour Diesel

Fresh and forest like, Pinene is found in pine, sage, and rosemary. α-Pinene is the most commonly found terpene in nature, and is known for its anti-inflammatory and bronchodilatory effects.

Woody with a complex cleaner-like profile, Terpinolene is found in tea tree, lilacs, and fir.

This floral and herbal terpene is known for its antioxidant properties and is found in relatively small amounts in numerous strains.

TERPINOLENE

Signature strain: Harlequin

Citrusy and bright, Limonene can be found in nature in oranges, lemons, and caraway. Limonene’s solvent qualities make it a popular compound for use in industrial cleaning agents.

Camphorous, minty and green, Eucalyptol can be found in eucalyptus, bay leaves, and cardamom. Eucalyptol exhibits cooling properties, and as such, is a common additive in products like mouthwash and cough syrup.

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Signature strain: OG Kush

Floral and fruity, Geraniol is found in geraniums, roses, and coriander. Honeybees actually produce geraniolcontaining pheromones to mark hive entrances and nectar bearing flowers.

OCIMENE

Signature strain: Pink Lemonade

They are, after all, largely responsible for what makes your favorite cultivar your favorite!

Before diving into some of the more common Cannabis terpenes, it’s important to note a few facts. Much like in nature, each plant will encounter an array of conditions during its life that (inevitably) alter outcomes. This can range from genetic sourcing to production practices, unplanned circumstances and everything in between. So, while we hope you’ll find a promising start here today, we encourage you to continue exploring the nuances of these exciting compounds on your own.

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Oregon favorite, Wild Roots Spirits have been a staple in our home bar since launch. With a base of fresh Pacific Northwestern fruit and premium spirits, it’s always a home run if you’re mixing it up with lemonade – or just topping off with a splash of soda.

It was Cannabis Nation’s Blue Magoo live resin that encouraged this stoney highball. After taking a small dab, we remarked on how flavorful and reminiscent of those old-school nostalgic blue candy flavors this Blue Magoo was. It was like a blue raspberry Jolly Rancher had been turned into concentrate form, and better yet, it included all of the giggly and spacey effects one would hope for.

Magic Seltzer’s tonic is much less quinine forward than we had expected, which is great because instead of that sharp puckering taste we get from some tonics, this had a light herbal flavor that complemented the marionberry in the Wild Roots perfectly.

We’ve always had success combining real fruit flavors with exaggerated profiles, and this is a shining example. You get those bright blue candy notes alongside real complex fruit flavor, and end up with something that is better than these flavors in isolation.

At 50mg of THC, I decided to let the seltzer do all of the heavy lifting in this cocktail. I used the Wild Roots marionberry vodka as a way to add a note of color and flavor – less than a quarter ounce in each serving. As Magic Number uses live resin in their sodas, this is already a very potent potable.

This approach allows you to modulate your own dosage, adding as much spirit as you’d like and topping the remaining off with soda for a beautifully refreshing cocktail. Keep a few cans on hand to reward yourself for yard work well done, or for some spontaneous entertaining when friends pop over unannounced.

Our highly recommended suggestion? Pair this Blue Magoo live resin with a pitcher of cocktails – just don’t be surprised if your guests never want to leave.

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CALSTAR CELLARS 2019 ROSÉ OF PINOT MEUNIER RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY SONOMA HILLS FARM ORANGE ACAI

TERPENES Nestled against the undulating landscape of its namesake, Sonoma Hills Farm has become known for top notch organic, living-soil, sungrown Cannabis cultivated in the heart of a region best known for its stellar winemakers and traditional agriculture. Bringing years of experience growing farm fresh produce for famed chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller and his legendary California restaurant, The French Laundry, Sonoma Hills Farm boasts many pairing-friendly offerings among its 31 Cannabis strains – which stretch their stems alongside organically grown vegetables and flowers, Highland cattle and Mangalitsa pigs.

Their Orange Acai strain displays rich, dark green with pops of orange hairs and twinkling trichomes. Ripe with terpinolene, beta-caryophyllene, limonene and myrcene, this flower bursts with an electric zest, offering complex candied fruit notes.

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TA N N I N S A boutique winemaker in California’s famed Sonoma County winegrowing region, CalStar Cellars releases extremely limited bottlings of stellar expressions of the region’s American Viticultural Regions (AVAs), all caringly crafted with artistic attention by winemaker Rick Davis.

CalStar’s Rosé of Pinot Meunier, grown in the Russian River Valley AVA – a lesser-known French varietal known mostly for its widespread use as one of the three primary grapes used in Champagne – features mouthwatering notes of honeyed stone fruit and strawberry soda, with a round, lush mouthfeel supported by firm, refreshing acidity. An absolutely gorgeous bottle to open in the waning hours of the evening, as summer begins to beckon the onset of fall.

26.45% THC | 30.53% TOTAL CANNABINOIDS | 3.35% TERPENES Rich in terpinolene, beta-caryophyllene, beta-myrcene, limonene, humulene calstarcellars.com | sonomahillsfarm.com | @sonomahillsfarm

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T H E PA I R I N G Every once in a while, a pairing experience hits so many harmonious notes that it can’t help but conjure a content sigh and a smiling exhalation at the end of a long day. The ripe, juicy strawberry notes of the Russian River Valley-grown Rosé of Pinot Meunier seem to absolutely love the lively limonene and caryophyllene punch of the Orange Acai. The snappy, zippy fruit characteristics of each complement the other almost too perfectly, with the tantalizingly tart and acidic undertones of the Rosé punctuating the pairing’s perfection on the lingering finish. These two stunners make a beautiful pairing for any occasion that calls for light refreshment – recommended at sunset, preferably with rolling hills or a coastline in the distance.

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CHARM CITY MEADWORKS SWEET BLOSSOM EVERMORE SUNSET SHERBET FLOWER & LIVE RESIN CAKE BADDER

TA N N I N S A semi-sweet barrel aged honey wine that is produced locally in Baltimore City, this Sweet Blossom mead is a refreshingly perfect addition to a late summer day. While mead may fall into a lesser-known category of alcoholic beverages, the team at Charm City Meadworks is dedicated to changing that – believing that this brew deserves to stand alongside the staples of beer, wine and cider.

If you’ve never tried mead and you’re a fan of a light and dry drinking experience, then look no further than the offerings at Charm City Meadworks – with 10-plus varieties and shipment to 39 states, you just might find your new favorite beverage.

TERPENES Notes of sweetness and jet fuel are battling it out on the nose of this strain. The sweetness is reminiscent of cookies, cakes, pies or even candy. A slight citrusy waft lies underneath these tantalizing aromas, and the visually stunning, beautiful deep purple and light green buds are surrounded by shiny trichomes and bright orange pistils.

Flower that looks this high quality gets me really excited about rolling a fat joint and lighting up. In my experience, this strain has proven to be a cerebral heavy hitter, leaving me in a noticeable state of euphoria.

SUNSET SHERBET FLOWER 26.99% TOTAL CANNABINOIDS 3.118% TOTAL TERPENES LIVE RESIN CAKE BADDER 83.78% TOTAL CANNABINOIDS 12.54% TOTAL TERPENES evermorecompany.com | @evermorebrands charmcitymeadworks.com | @charmcitymead

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SWEET BLOSSOM 12% ABV

T H E PA I R I N G When smoking the flower, and even stronger when smoking the concentrate, sweet cake-like flavors shine through. A slight hint of limonene can also be expected, which accompanies the taste of baked goods nicely. The sweet and floral flavors of the mead blend perfectly with the similar taste of the flower and badder.

After a few puffs, my anxiety lessened significantly, while simultaneously putting me in a great mood to be around friends and family. A night out with a few glasses of Sweet Blossom and a fat joint or dab of Sunset Sherbet – this is a match made in heaven.

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IPSWICH ALE 1620 NEW ENGLAND STYLE IPA CANUVO MOOSE AND LOBSTA

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TA N N I N S Celebrating the year that the Mayflower first sailed onto the rocky shores of New England, this traditional India Pale Ale features a cornucopia of exotic and tropical hop varieties for a hazy and fruity combination that’s true to the centuries-old style of beer brewing.

Produced locally on Cape Ann in Massachusetts since 1991, Ipswich Ale is celebrating three decades of pioneering craft beer on Boston’s North Shore by creating a variety of full-bodied brews with robust mouthfeel and bold flavors.

TERPENES Bred by Professor P of Dynasty Genetics, Moose and Lobsta is a sativa-dominant cross between Kali Snapple and Oregon Huckleberry 2014. The dense flowers are covered with tons of crystals and grind up into a nice consistency for rolling a joint or packing a bowl. Upon opening the jar, a cheesy and fruity scent permeates the room – and the flavor when smoked echoes that sweetness, with hints of lemon and pine on the exhale.

The buzz is immediate, pleasant and alert; I felt coherent yet creative and my lower back muscles relaxed quickly, reducing pain and relieving stress. The high lasted longer than most – more than two hours – and resulted in a substantial increase in creativity, and especially, appetite.

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T H E PA I R I N G These two samples seem made for each other. Both the tannins of the Pale Ale and the terpenes of the Moose and Lobsta flowers feature strong notes of citrus and ripe fruits, particularly lemon, apricot and pineapple.

The sweetness of the beer and weed contrasts particularly well with the briny oyster liquor of a freshly-shucked bivalve. This is the ideal combination for a smoky seafood feast by the shore, with plenty of fresh shellfish such as clams, mussels, shrimp and of course, lobster.

So before it gets too cold out, get some friends and family together for a relaxing campfire on the beach with some fat joints of Moose and Lobsta, paired with a couple of frosty pints of Ipswich Ale.

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rasse has released their new line of potent pre-rolls, called Biri. Packed in compact tins that stand out from typical Cannabis products, we knew we had to get our hands on a pack. It certainly didn’t hurt that they were infused with solventless hash.

BIRI was created to be the sort of joint you might find at a pharmacy or drug shop in India – compact and powerful with the vibe of a convenience item. Slide the tin open and you’ll find carefully packed joints, stuffed into dependable Futurola papers with a twisted tip. The joints are nicely stuffed and you can see the ice hash infusion running tip to tail through the thin papers.

Easily lit, a light herbal flavor carries through the joint, earthy and slightly floral. Once the hash begins to melt, the joint takes on a rich cherry flavor – even leaving a lingering sweet aroma in the living room.

To complement the earthy and herbal profile, we split a Brew Dr. Tranquil Ginger Kombucha and toasted to our genius pairing. The spicy and effervescent ginger cuts through the acidic sourness of the kombucha and rounds out those herbal flavors of the pre-roll. Turmeric grounds the entire combo with an earthy base that supports the rest of the profile. The hash scent and flavor on top of everything completes the package and reminds us why we paired these two in the first place.

After sharing one of the half-gram joints, we settled into an effect that was nearly psychedelic – energetic but grounded, without coming close to being racy or our anxiety spiking. The joint burned evenly to the end and our eyes were considerably more relaxed when we stubbed out the last of it. There’s no doubt we’ll be knocking glasses to this combo again as the patio season winds down.

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Summer is winding down, and increasingly, Alaskans are feeling the urge to cuddle up with a comfortable blanket and warm drink. After spending the last three months fishing, hiking, biking and camping, it’s safe to say that we’re more than a little tired and maybe even a bit banged up.

So, when picking a pairing for this month, we decided to slow things down and focus on a relaxing combo of Alaska Botanicals Herbs and Teas’ Seldovia Bay Blueberry Tea and Frontier CBD’s Sour CBD Gummies. This full-bodied, robust tea features wild blueberries gathered locally from Seldovia. Once picked, the berries are set to cure in a blend of natural herbs like lavender, lemon thyme, chicory and red leaf clover. The tea is then infused with fragrant wild-picked fireweed and a pinch of stevia for added sweetness. The result is a delicious, caffeine-free cup of tea that perfectly steeps within three to five minutes.

To get the most out of your self-care routine, try pairing your cup of tea with a few of Frontier CBD’s Sour CBD Gummies in blue raspberry. The sweetness of the tea cuts through the sourness of the gummies and intensifies the fruity flavor of both products.

Highly potent, Frontier CBD’s products are the perfect way to enjoy the pain and mood regulation effects of Cannabis without consuming any THC. Said to adjust the endocannabinoid system, which in turn regulates eating, sleeping, inflammation, cognitive function and overall relaxation, CBD is a natural way to show your body some love. Frontier CBD’s gummies also come in a wide variety of flavors and potencies, so you can find the exact right product for your individual needs.

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TA N N I N S Modern Times is a brewery and coffee roastery with California locations in San Diego and Oakland, as well as a spot in Portland, Oregon. While they’re known for their outrageous barrel-aged stouts, the crew at MT has applied this same aging method to their coffee to bring more complexity and depth to their small-batch beans.

This Ethiopia Warqa coffee boasts huge aromas of woody oranges, coupled with a hint of herbal spiciness and a touch of bourbon and caramel, even in whole bean form.

Once ground, the spirit profile becomes the star of the show while the orange liqueur, sandalwood and Werther’s Original notes take a back seat.

I brewed my cup with filtered water and used the paper-free Pure Over brand pour over system to obtain the best, most unadulterated flavor possible. On the palate, the coffee is smooth and full-flavored, offering exquisite tastes of milk chocolate, orange rind and bourbon, wrapped up and delivered via an elegant and silky mouthfeel.

TERPENES Pure Beauty is a female and minority owned, sustainability minded indoor cultivator, which is an incredibly rare combination of words to find in a single sentence. Utilizing water captured from the air, LED lighting, a zero-runoff system in the grow and 99% plastic-free packaging, the team at Pure Beauty is going above and beyond to create high end indoor flower, without the impact to the environment.

This impressive 2:1 CBD dominant Terry T x Gelato 33 strain delivers gorgeous, chunky purple buds with a noticeable frostiness to them. Each nug is finely manicured, the clear result of a professional hand-trim. The herb emits the classic cherry cough drop aroma typically associated with high CBD strains, but is also intertwined with the Gelato’s sweet, creamy, doughiness that brings just a hint of fuel and funky fruit to it as well.

I rolled up a joint using OCB’s Slim Organic Hemp papers and sparked it up. The resulting smoke was lightweight and easy on the lungs, bringing forth sweet and herbal flavors and a soothing, mellowing vibe.

T H E PA I R I N G In my experience, balance is the key to happiness and success – and this mantra can be applied to essentially all elements of life. Matching the significant dose of caffeine with the relaxing power of high end CBD flower makes this pairing greater than the sum of its parts. This highly unique barrel-aged Modern Times coffee provides an energetic kick-in-the-pants that will get you going, while the gorgeous Pure Beauty flower rounds out the edges and tapers your acceleration to get-shit-done-land, where you’re bound to end up after consuming this delicious duo.

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BIOSPECTRUM UNFLAVORED BROAD SPECTRUM HEMP OIL

BioSpectrum CBD prides itself on being a family-owned and operated company. Each product is handcrafted with love and utilizes the most trustworthy ingredients imaginable. Their unflavored broad-spectrum hemp oil carries other phytocannabinoids that further help your body’s endocannabinoid system. Overall, this can relieve day-to-day stress and anxiety, as well as support sleep and recovery. Be sure to check out their game-changing nasal spray, revitalizing roll-on and hemp prerolled doobies.

Cold-pressed juices have many health benefits, as it retains more antioxidants, minerals, enzymes and vitamins than regular juice. Overall, this makes it a healthier option than traditional juicing methods. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Press Juicery offers a plethora of excellent tasting, high-quality products such as smoothies, wellbeing shots – and even plant-based treats. Utilizing premium ingredients, it’s no wonder that this sustainable brand has taken the world by storm with their farm-to-bottle beverages.

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Combining a dropper or two of BioSpectrum’s unflavored CBD oil with Pressed Juicery’s Greens 3 is an excellent way to start your day and fill your body with the good stuff. Cannabidiol and ginger work together synergistically to provide a boatload of anti-inflammatory properties. As this CBD oil doesn’t have a taste, you can enjoy the eight different fruits and vegetables without any plantlike flavor from hemp. Not too sweet or too earthy, Green 3 is a perfectly balanced beverage for anyone interested in drinking close to the daily recommended amount of vegetables. After downing the entire bottle, notes of honey crisp apples, fresh celery and Meyer lemons had my palate singing songs of joy.

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I F Y O U M U S T D O S O M E T H I N G , try to do something you love. If you can craft a calling out of multiple passions, even better. As the creative mind behind The Herb Somm, a lifestyle brand and blog focused on treating Cannabis as a highend ingredient worthy of culinary exploration, Jamie Evans has done just that, by blending a rich career in wine with a zeal for terpene-rich weed. We connected with Evans to talk about the journey that led her to a career in Cannabis, her books and her new project, Herbacée – a line of Cannabis-infused sparkling wines inspired by French tradition, set to launch this fall.

“It’s about thinking about Cannabis as a gourmet ingredient, rather than just something that can get you high.”

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A CULINARY ADVENTURE It all started over dinner. Well, dinners. Plural.

Evans began hosting infused culinary experiences, blending her knowledge of hosting wine events with the pairing potential of Cannabis.

“It’s about thinking about Cannabis as a gourmet ingredient, rather than just something that can get you high,” she said.

Evans worked with chefs to build four-course meals paired with wine and Cannabis, with

A C U LT I VAT E D C A L L I N G In wine, a sommelier is a certified specialist in wine and wine pairing.

It’s an intensely difficult designation to achieve, and a skilled sommelier can elevate an experience from the ordinary to the transcendent.

It’s this concept of meticulously considered pairing, curation and creation that Evans hopes to achieve with The Herb Somm. Her first book, “Cannabis Drinks,” was published in April 2021, and explores the world of infused cocktails, made both with and without alcohol.

Evans is thrilled by the concept of low-dose infused beverages that can be shared and experienced the way people have traditionally enjoyed alcohol. That’s why in addition to her books and events, she’s preparing to launch Herbacée – her own line of sparkling non-alcoholic infused wines, blended in the traditions of Bordeaux, the Rhone Valley, Provence and of course, Champagne.

“Wine country is weed country, and weed country is wine country,” Evans said. “What grows together, goes together.”

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Try it at home Recipe from “Cannabis Drinks” by Jamie Evans

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riginating in London in the 1980s, the Bramble traditionally incorporates dry gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, crème de mûre (a blackberry liquor), and crushed ice. As an old classic, here’s a fun and refreshing Cannabis- infused blackberry ginger Bramble you can try at home. Rather than using blackberry liqueur, try adding fresh blackberries, then muddle with your ingredients including cannabis-infused ginger simple syrup. Add a splash of ginger beer and an optional dash of bitters for an extra kick of flavor!

Ingredients:

Equipment:

1/3 cup (43 g) fresh blackberries

Shaker tin

1 ¼ ounces (37.5 ml) fresh squeezed lemon juice

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3/4 ounce (22 ml) dry gin

Old-fashioned glass

3/4 ounce (22 ml) Cannabis-Infused Ginger Simple

Hawthorne strainer

Syrup (find the recipe in the book)

Fine-mesh strainer

Cracked ice Ginger beer Dash of Angostura bitters Blackberry and a lemon twist, for garnish Preparation: In a shaker tin, muddle the blackberries with the lemon juice until the berries release their juices. Add the gin and infused simple syrup, then add ice and shake for 10 to 15 seconds. Fill an old-fashioned glass with fresh crushed ice. Place

Target Dose: 12 mg CBD | 3 mg THC per drink (using Cannabis-Infused Ginger Simple Syrup, find the recipe in the book) or your preferred dose (using commercially made CBD or THC tincture of your choice).

a Hawthorne strainer on the top of the shaker tin,

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over the old-fashioned glass to remove the seeds.

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Top with a splash of ginger beer and a dash of

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Angostura bitters. Give the drink a stir, then garnish

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Editor’s Note: When mixing Cannabis and hemp products with alcohol, it’s best to proceed with caution and stick to the low side of the dosage range, which is reflected in the recipes found in the cocktail section of Cannabis Drinks. Above all, start low and go slow. See more of Jamie’s cocktail recipes at LeafMagazines.com.

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As with so many people, Evans wound her own unexpected path to the Cannabis world.

Evans, a Certified Specialist in Wine with a Bachelor of Science in Viticulture with a concentration in Wine Business, spent much of her career on the track you’d expect from someone with the degree – working with companies such as Kendall-Jackson, and Folio Fine Wine Partners from industry heavyweight Michael Mondavi.

After the better part of a decade, she came to find that it was difficult to rise in the ranks of the established corporate culture. In 2017, she started turning her view to the blossoming Cannabis industry.

“I really started noticing that Cannabis was becoming such a point of conversation around the Bay Area,” she said. “Especially around the culinary world and Cannabis.”

Evans had some experience with Cannabis, going back to when she was studying the intricacies of wine in college.

“I would come back from my sensory evaluation classes and smell different Cannabis, and I would think, ‘There are a lot of similarities in the way these things smell,’” she said.

“I have always been drawn to the way that Cannabis smells.”

In 2017, Evans had been using Cannabis and CBD tinctures to battle trauma-induced insomnia resulting from witnessing a horrible car accident, and had tremendous respect for the healing power of the plant. She decided to attend a Women in Weed conference in the Bay Area, and after seeing so many female entrepreneurs who’d built their futures in Cannabis, she realized she’d found her calling.

each pairing inspired by terpene profiles. She would have glasses filled with terpenes, so attendees could pinpoint specific characteristics and leave with a more well-rounded knowledge of the intricacies of the plant.

“Once they make that memory association with a certain smell, then it’s easy to pick it out,” Evans said. “It’s just about training your nose on the different terpenes … I really wanted to bring this concept of pairing, and incorporating Cannabis and food, into a meal. It was just so cool, because about 10 percent of these people who would come to these dinners would come without any Cannabis experience.”

Many attendees who did have Cannabis experience had limited experience – think of that person who ate a super-potent pot brownie in college and never tried it again.

With her lower-dose, experience-based meals, Evans was on a mission to unlock the potential of the plant for those people.

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FOR ANY PLANT ENTHUSIAST, it’s a particularly romantic truth that the United States’ historic home of Cannabis cultivation also happens to be coterminous with its dominant wine-producing region.

For fans of intoxicating substances, it’s downright exciting, not to mention convenient. And, for history and geography buffs, the fact that American weed and wine country not only significantly overlap with one another, but also got their starts in Northern California, is more than just a coincidence – it’s a testament to the special land both industries call home, as well as the industriousness and foresight of the people who brought them both to life.

The Perfect Pairing Cannabis growers and wineries embrace their common ground

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a perfect world, weed and wine are obvious bedfellows. They are both delicious and make people feel good. They come from the earth. And, for those who dare to think a little bit more about what they are putting into their bodies and why, both products evoke a legacy of taste and enjoyment that transcends just getting drunk or high – a lifestyle, some might say.

Unfortunately, the relationship between legal weed and wine hasn’t always been friendly up until now. In Sonoma, Napa and Santa Barbara counties, fierce wars are being waged between Cannabis cultivators and wine producers, the latter of whom argue that Cannabis cultivation damages their agriculture and sullies the upscale reputation of the wine industry. They’re also not keen on the smell, which they say lessens their quality of operations, especially as tourism is concerned. On their side are wealthy proprietors, who don’t want to live next door to a weed farm, legal or not.

Those battles are currently being litigated in the public sphere via local governments and court cases. But there are brighter spots: In late 2020, a law was passed in California, State Bill 67, which allows the California Department of Food and Agriculture to begin administering an appellations program. It will determine geographic boundaries for Cannabis producing regions, the way such designations exist in wine. Many people in the wine world were instrumental in helping Cannabis industry folks put that program, which is still in its

Stephanie Honig of Honig Vineyard & Winery in the Napa Valley, helped found the Napa Valley Cannabis Association. Photo by Devin Cruz.

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Sunstone Winery in the Santa Ynez Valley. Photo courtesy Sunstone Winery.

infancy, together. They believe that strengthening an appellations system in one industry leads to an overall strengthening in the concept of geographically centered agriculture, which is ideal from both a farming and a marketing standpoint.

Some winemakers are taking it a step further, either by fully advocating for Cannabis cultivation in their wine-producing proverbial backyards, or by getting into weed growing themselves.

Teddy Cabugos, who owns Sunstone Winery in Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley, is doing both.

In a notable judgment, his winery applied for a land use permit to grow Cannabis at the vineyard’s estate, which would mean grapes intended for winemaking and weed are grown on the same property.

Sunstone Winery Owner Teddy Cabugos This is strictly at their Santa Barbara County property.

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verboten just about everywhere else, especially in California.

After a lot of back and forth with local governments and agencies, as well as his well-heeled wine cultivating neighbors, Cabugos was able to reach an agreement. In May 2021, Sunstone was approved for the permit to plant up to six and a half acres. It’s the first time such a permit has been granted in Santa Barbara County and it represents a significant step in pairing wine with weed, pun fully intended.

“Sunstone is in a neighborhood with very wealthy people, most of whom don’t want Cannabis,” he says. “I had to work against seven appellates, very high-profile people, and for a year I had to work with them to dwindle down my project to something ‘respectful,’” adding that he understands he’s the newcomer to the neighborhood – having bought the property in 2019, though he’s a fourth generation Santa Barbara resident. He respects that not everyone was initially on board with his plans to grow weed, and thus was willing to compromise.

Cabugos says he and his wife bought the property with Cannabis cultivation in mind from the start.

“I think the wine industry missed a huge opportunity in Santa Barbara County for filing for their permits, because they have the most beautiful properties,” he says. “They already have brand names. They already have the public coming onto their proper-

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most vineyards and certainly so from any tourist attractions.

Nearby in Sonoma County, storied winemaker Mike Benziger of Benziger Family Winery is quietly growing legal weed at his GlenTucky Farm while making award-winning, certified organic and biodynamic wines at his estate winery.

Apart from championing Cannabis cultivation in wine country, Benziger was also involved in the creation of California’s appellations law, which requires sungrown buds and prioritizes organic and biodynamic farming – his specialty and, in the opinion of the law’s architects, the only way to ensure land and geography has its rightful place in cultivation, and the marketing of weed that comes from a specific area.

To Benziger, the link between growing weed and grapes for wine is an obvious one. They’re both just plants, after all, and those who Sunstone Winery Owner Teddy Cabugos says he and his wife bought the property care for one crop or another, ulwith Cannabis cultivation in mind from the start. timately, are stewards of the land.

That it falls on the same territory, for the environment, nor is it good from an ecoonly means more care in his view. nomic standpoint,” she says of the dominant cash “When we were creating appellations, we looked to crop for the region, which is obviously grapes.

France and their A.O.C. system,” Benziger says of the “Especially with these fires we have been expeFrench system for creating geographic boundaries for riencing, nobody wants just one crop. The other winemaking, which includes best practices for farming piece is with marketing – Napa produces only four and land management. “The French model for appelpercent of the wine made in the state of Califorlations takes a lot into consideration. It takes everything nia. But it generates over a third of the value of from the environment, to the soil, farming techniques, California’s wine industry, monetarily speaking. the mindset of the grower and the politics of the area So, it’s really the top of the pyramid when looking ties to buy their goods. That can catapult their entry … it’s all part of creating the best product possible. at quality and quantity, because it’s the premium into Cannabis,” he says, recognizing the value of Cannabis is a very expressive plant, so are grapes,” he end of the market, right? Price, quality, and a small an established brand – something many legal Cansays, indicating the level of care exhibited by Cannaamount,” she explains. nabis brands are sorely lacking due to prohibition. bis cultivators as they move further into winemaking To Honig, the wine industry is so focused on the Cabugos is not alone in thinking the wine industerritory. high-end older consumers, which keep the industry has severely missed the mark. Stephanie Honig Like with the planned cultivation in Napa, Benziger try afloat for now from both a retail and tourism of the Napa Valley estate Honig Vineyard & Winery is required to grow on a separate parcel of land that in perspective. But they have a “Millennial and Gen is not interested in cultivating Cannabis, but she no way touches the wine part of his business, whethZ problem” that she thinks Cannabis can help, is steadfast in fighting for cultivators’ rights to do er literally or figuratively speaking. Down in Santa saying that no longer are people wanting “just” so in Napa County, advocating for it in public and Barbara County, Cabugos at Sunstone will have to do a wine vacation. They are going to want to mix it private and helping to found the Napa Valley Canno such thing, thanks to his land use ordinance which with Cannabis, distillery visits and brewery stops, nabis Association. Currently, Cannabis cultivation is allows him to grow weed in full view of his grapes, and in addition to world-class farm-centric banned in the county. vice versa. cuisine and beautiful views.

The association is largely responsible for keeping Cabugos, who is about to hire an estate Honig’s idea is that, ideally, Cannathe issue of cultivation at the county’s forefront, sunstonewinery.com grower for his new Cannabis venture, is bis cultivators in Napa would mimic which has been no small task in the Covid era, also in possession of a somewhat hard to honigwine.com the wine model with weed. “If we can seeing as many of these ballot initiatives and ordicome by dispensary permit. He owns an offbenziger.com even grow one or two percent of the nances require in-person signature gathering. So, site manufacturing and processing center Cannabis that is grown in the state with the Napa an official county ordinance is currently tabled until as well. Ideally, he would like for the dispensary – and name, then we are really touching on that luxury it’s safer and more possible to move it forward, eventually a consumption area – to be on site at the market,” she says, noting that would-be growers Covid-willing. In the meantime, Honig says that she estate property. Both of those are not currently possible, have asked for only 100 acres out of the entire and her team are more focused on education until so he said that the worst-case scenario is he holds onto county. For context, grape growing takes up about the next time they can vote on it. They are shootthe license for as long as that takes, and will utilize his 850,000 acres. She also notes they have made ing for 2024 to ensure as high of voter turnout as local dispensary connections to sell whatever weed he serious concessions in the process to get even this possible, which they don’t think is likely for a 2022 grows. far, as Cannabis cultivation would be set back far election.

Either way, Sunstone Winery’s first Cannabis seeds from the main artery of the valley along the Silver“There are a few reasons why I’m a believer in will be planted next spring. It remains to be seen what, ado Trail. Instead, Cannabis cultivation would take [Cannabis cultivation] in this county,” Honig says. exactly, grows from that – but planting seeds is always place in the agricultural watershed, far away from “Everybody knows that a monoculture is not good the first step.

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RECENTLY, a lot of people I know have been mentioning Nature’s Heritage dispensary in Massachusetts. Known for their high quality live rosin and concentrates, it seems like this spot is trying to stand out from the rest by creating a truly top tier product.

All made in house, Nature’s Heritage rosin is developed from unique cultivars with a diverse terpene profile and palate. Wanting to taste something different and fruity, I saw they had Rainbow Chip live rosin on their menu and it immediately stood out.

Bred by Exotic Genetix, Sunset Sherbert and Mint Chocolate Chip were crossed to create this splendidly dank cultivar. This strain was part of Exotic’s drop from their 2018 Mint Chocolate Chip releases, and I never had the chance to try it until now.

Nature’s Heritage packaging is easy on the eyes and makes you feel like you’re receiving something of a higher caliber. Their live rosin comes packed in a cardboard box with a fiery color scheme on the outside, complete with very detailed labeling.

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Different from most, they opted for a bamboo cap for their jar – definitely bringing an organic and hippie vibe to it.

This live rosin is absolutely some of the most gorgeous concentrate I’ve reviewed in the past year.

Golden yellow in color, there’s a wet juiciness to the texture and a sweet aroma that’s met with a very seductive hint of citrus. Notes of minty-ness and the stank of fruit overpower any detectable scent of chocolate.

It’s a hefty high, so be prepared to receive a buzzing head stone with a calming and sedative after effect. Following my first dab on a hot day, I was stuck with a silly grin on my face – low eyes and incredibly serene and happy. I’d recommend this uplifting strain for anyone who may suffer from daily bouts of depression or a lack of motivation.

As stated on their website, “Our flower and extracts are rooted in appreciation for lineage and strain integrity.” That said, you will get your money’s worth by visiting Nature’s Heritage Cannabis.

“Be prepared to receive a buzzing head stone with a calming and sedative after effect.”

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Michael Kennedy

Weather Undergound leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn with their lawyer Michael Kennedy (right) turning themselves in to authorities after 11 years in hiding.

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Radical Law LEAFMAGAZINES.COM

A profile of the late, great activist attorney Michael Kennedy.

The Brotherhood of Eternal Love, The Yippies, The Weather Underground, High Times … all these iconic counterculture institutions had one thing in common: When they needed legal help, they all turned to the same man – radical civil rights lawyer Michael Kennedy.

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Michael John Kennedy was born in Spokane, Washington in 1937 – the same year as marijuana prohibition. After graduating from Berkeley in 1959, he got his law degree from the Hastings College of Law in 1962. A year later, he was drafted into the Army, where he was frequently disciplined for his anti-war rhetoric. After leaving the service, Kennedy moved to New York in 1967 to work as a staff counsel at the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, where he immediately began making a name for himself by taking on some of the most controversial civil rights cases in the country – such as defending labor leaders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and conscientious objectors of the Vietnam War. MARIJUANA & THE MILITARY In the first-ever marijuana-related case in U.S. military history, Kennedy represented Private Bruce “Gypsy” Peterson – a soldier at Fort Hood who’d been busted for pos-

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Michael and wife Eleanora in San Francisco in the mid-1970s, after returning from their time on the run from the FBI. session. Peterson – who’d been publishing an underground anti-war newspaper called Fatigue Press – was targeted with a harassment campaign by the MPs, who began planting dime bags in his locker. Peterson was arrested thrice in one month (each time for minuscule amounts of pot) and sentenced to eight years of hard labor at Leavenworth. After appealing his case, Kennedy got the conviction overturned, and Peterson was exonerated and released after 13 months.

to get them off without any jail time.

TIMOTHY LEARY One of the crimes for which the Weathermen were best known was breaking Timothy Leary out of prison. Leary had been arrested in December 1968 for possession of two joints, and in March 1970 was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Kennedy filed an appeal, but it was rejected … so the Brotherhood of Eternal Love paid the Weathermen approximately $20,000 to bust Leary out and sneak him out of the country. Which, on September 13, 1970, they did … but in 1973, Leary was apprehended in Kabul and extradited back to the U.S. In an attempt to reduce his sentence, Leary snitched on his associates – even testifying to a grand jury that Michael had masterminded the whole plot (an accusation which Kennedy denied).

Kennedy faced possible disbarment and prison, but the FBI was unable to corroborate Leary’s accusations and the charges were ultimately dropped.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF ETERNAL LOVE Another counterculture group Kennedy worked closely with was hippie drug syndicate, the Brotherhood of Eternal Love.

When the Brotherhood’s leader Michael Randall and chemist Nick Sands were indicted on multiple counts of drug smuggling and manufacturing, it was Kennedy who represented them.

RADICAL REMEMBRANCE This past June, a new film paying tribute to this steadKennedy served fast defender of underdogs and the First Amendment was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by as High Times’ William Kirkley – the man behind the Brotherhood of protector and Eternal Love documentary “Orange Sunshine” – “Radical patriarch for Love” is a short documentary about the Kennedys’ life, love and legacy. The film highlights their incredible dounearly three ble lives: representing and fraternizing with high society decades. elites, while simultaneously using their status and privilege to aid the nation’s most radical activists – a lifestyle philosophy summed up in a 1991 New York Magazine article about Kennedy as “Think left, live right.”

Michael Kennedy was unquestionably a complicated, even contradictory man: a military officer who hated authority; a Communist sympathizer who enjoyed great wealth; someone who devoted his life to the law yet was always eager to subvert it … but one thing he remained unwavering about was his commitment to fighting for individual liberty. In the final interview with Kirkley before his death, an emotional Kennedy confessed: “I’ve lived a phenomenal life, and what I loved about it most was that I was never afraid – not once. Because if we don’t rebel, if we don’t stand up, no one will.”

For more about Michael Kennedy, listen to Episode #14 of our podcast at worldofcannabis.museum/cannthropology.

Story and photos originally published on worldofcannabis.museum and reprinted with permission.

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LIAM MCMULLAN

“That’s the role of a radical lawyer—to make the courtroom a site for resistance, and there was really nobody better at that than Michael Kennedy.”

– Bill Ayers, Weather Underground

THE CHICAGO EIGHT After moving to San Francisco in 1969, Michael and his wife Eleanora developed relationships with Yippie founders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Hoffman and Rubin – along with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) founder Rennie Davis and five other activists – had been indicted in the famous “Chicago Eight” conspiracy case. Kennedy – who’d represented Davis when he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities ComNot long after Randall was arrested in December 1972, the Kennemittee in December 1968 – joined their dys rented a house in Laguna to operate from while working the case. pre-trial legal team. But when he and Unbeknownst to them, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs three other lawyers abruptly withdrew procured another arrest warrant for Randall on a passport violation … from the case, judge Julius J. Hoffman and on the evening of March 9, 1973, they followed Randall to Kennecited them all for contempt and arrested dy’s house to re-arrest him. Michael slammed the door in their faces and Kennedy, sparking a firestorm from the cursed at them as they dragged Randall away. As a result, he was hit with legal community. The National Lawyers 42 counts of obstruction of justice (all of which were later dismissed).

Guild (NLG) and American Civil LiberKennedy got Randall released on bail again the next day, after which he ties Union mobilized a swarm of lawyers Kennedy with a few of the Chicago Eight. too went on the lam.

FROM “RADICAL LOVE” to descend on the courthouse – pressuring the judge to drop the charges.

HIGH TIMES The most consequential of Kennedy’s clients, however, was undoubtTHE WEATHER UNDERGROUND edly High Times founder Tom Forcade. Kennedy first met Forcade in San Kennedy also represented the Francisco in 1973, when Forcade handed him a bag full of cash to retain Weather Underground, aka the his services in a pending grand jury investigation for marijuana smuggling.

Weathermen – a militant and conWhen he launched the magazine the following year, he appointed Kennetroversial offshoot of the SDS that dy the company’s official legal counsel. used pipe bombs to blow up dozens By all accounts, Forcade was a troubled genius … and in November of banks and government buildings 1978, his inner demons got the best of him when he took his own life. In (including the Capital Building and a private memorial held atop the World Trade Center (the highest place in the Pentagon) as a means to achieve the world at the time), Kennedy – along with Forcade’s other close friends their political goal of ending the – smoked joints containing some of his ashes in tribute to him.

Vietnam War. The Kennedys became To ensure that High Times would continue, Forcade had established close with two of the group’s leaders, Weathermen FBI a trust that was to be managed by a board of directors, which Kennedy Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, wanted poster. chaired. When the trust was dissolved in 2000, some long-time employees At the High Times 40th and – according to Eleanora – they received shares in the company as Forcade had intended, but the Kennedys aniversary party (2014). “helped the Weathermen in any way we could, legal or illegal.” and Forcade’s family retained controlling interests.

Over the years, accuAfter finding themselves on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list in sations have been made by former HT employees that Kennedy had assumed control of the 1970, Ayers and Dohrn went into hiding, where they remained company illegitimately, but according to former associate publisher Rick Cusick—who’s done for over a decade. To avoid being subpoenaed, the Kennedys extensive research on the subject—none of those allegations were ever substantiated. ended up having to flee the country for 18 months as well. In Kennedy served as High Times’ protector and patriarch for nearly three decades, until he died 1980, when Ayers and Dohrn finally decided to turn themselves on January 25, 2016, after a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. in, it was Kennedy who negotiated their surrender and managed

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by Mike Ricker

he United States is really big. So, it makes sense that different regions will have different ways of doing things. And where some systems will function one way in a particular city or state, in another they may not. Areas of transportation are a great representation of this.

And pedestrianism is no exception.

For instance, if you step one foot into a crosswalk on a busy street in Baltimore or New York, the chances of losing that foot to a speeding vehicle is exceptional. Yet in Seattle, a bumper leaning one inch over the white paint will most likely result in a shameful, passive aggressive eye laser launched that is purposefully directed with great negative emotion, strictly intended to vilify you with expulsion to the depths of Black Hole Hell for eternity.

This is no exaggeration.

For a certain personality type, a crosswalk is a place to make a statement.

And in cities like Seattle and Portland, that statement is “even though I am addicted to modern conveniences like everyone else, I will never admit it.

Therefore, when I decide to champion my birthright as an American citizen and take dominion of the street with my formidable legs to carry me across, do not stand in my way with your impure machine – or you will witness the silent wrath of my glacial stare. And you will continue on your salacious path with the deep regret of understanding that you knowingly disrespected an utter stranger, who only wanted to exercise their right to free expression.”

I don’t get it. And I’ve never really understood why a Chihuahua will attempt to intimidate a German Shepherd either, but so be it.

I do get that elderly people should be treated with patience and dignity when the time comes around. I mean, they’ve earned it for chrissake, if for no other reason than having successfully dodged every dangerously moving vehicle since birth.

And thank goodness Washington and Oregon are fueled with amazing legal Cannabis shops. Otherwise, there would be fewer good reasons to walk across the street.

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